Director, Quality
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Job Location:
Lynnwood, WA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 135000 - 150000
Posted on:
15 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Your experience matters
At Lifepoint Health we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality scalability and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Providence Swedish Rehabilitation Hospital team youll provide care to our patients and their families to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier .
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Position Summary
As a successful Director of Quality you will lead and oversees a comprehensive efficient and integrated hospital-wide Continuous Quality and Performance Improvement (CQPI) program. You will use data collection analysis and trending to assess performance; focus on process and systems improvement; direct risk management and patient safety activities; investigate adverse outcomes; coordinate regulatory/accreditation readiness; and educate staff on CQPI and related quality programs.
Essential Functions
- Provide leadership and oversight of the organization-wide CQPI program.
- Measure and assess performance by collecting analyzing and trending data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Focus on improving processes and systems to drive clinical quality safety and operational performance.
- Direct facilitate and report on all aspects of risk management and patient safety.
- Investigate factors contributing to adverse outcomes and drive process/system changes.
- Direct the hospital-wide CQPI operations including record reviews for quality indicators and reporting findings to leadership Medical Executive Committee Board of Managers and other committees.
- Annually review hospital-wide plans for Infection Control (IC) and CQPI; establish goals and objectives for the coming year.
- Serve as liaison to local health officials; coordinate inspections and accreditation reviews with state and other regulatory agencies.
Develop and deliver hospital-wide CQPI education and training. Prepare quality/patient safety reports and dashboards for leaders and committees. Partner with clinical and non-clinical departments to sustain improvements and ensure compliance with applicable standards.
Pay Scale: $135000 - $150000 per year
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
Licensure: Registered Nurse with current state licensure highly preferred; clinical license required.
Education: BSN or BS/BA required.
Experience: Minimum two (2) years in an acute hospital or rehabilitation setting required; prior supervisory experience preferred.
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) required; certification preferred by APIC (American Practitioners of Infection Control) and NAHCQ (National Association of Health Care Quality).
Skills: Data analysis and reporting; CQPI methodologies (e.g. RCA FMEA PDSA); risk management and patient safety facilitation; regulatory/accreditation readiness; effective teaching communication and collaboration.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Quality Assurance
- FDA Regulations
- ISO 9001
- Root cause Analysis
- Biotechnology
- Clinical Trials
- Quality Systems
- Food Processing
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- cGMP
- HACCP
About Company
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 a ... View more
